Association of American Geographers
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The Association of American Geographers is a major scholarly and professional organization dedicated to advancing geographic research, education, and knowledge, now known as the American Association of Geographers (AAG).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Association of American Geographers canonical | 5 |
| American Association of Geographers | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11874244 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Association of American Geographers Context triple: [Carl O. Sauer, memberOf, Association of American Geographers]
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A.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning is a professional academic organization that represents and supports university-level urban and regional planning programs, faculty, and students.
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B.
American Geographical Society
The American Geographical Society is a long-standing U.S.-based scholarly organization dedicated to advancing geographic knowledge and exploration through research, education, and public outreach.
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C.
The American Planning Association
The American Planning Association is a professional organization in the United States that supports urban and regional planners through research, education, advocacy, and the promotion of best practices in community planning and development.
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D.
Allied Social Science Associations
The Allied Social Science Associations is a coalition of academic organizations that jointly host one of the largest annual conferences for economists and other social scientists in the United States.
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E.
Geological Society of America
The Geological Society of America is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing the geosciences through research, education, and the dissemination of scientific knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Association of American Geographers Target entity description: The Association of American Geographers is a major scholarly and professional organization dedicated to advancing geographic research, education, and knowledge, now known as the American Association of Geographers (AAG).
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A.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning is a professional academic organization that represents and supports university-level urban and regional planning programs, faculty, and students.
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B.
American Geographical Society
The American Geographical Society is a long-standing U.S.-based scholarly organization dedicated to advancing geographic knowledge and exploration through research, education, and public outreach.
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C.
The American Planning Association
The American Planning Association is a professional organization in the United States that supports urban and regional planners through research, education, advocacy, and the promotion of best practices in community planning and development.
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D.
Allied Social Science Associations
The Allied Social Science Associations is a coalition of academic organizations that jointly host one of the largest annual conferences for economists and other social scientists in the United States.
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E.
Geological Society of America
The Geological Society of America is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing the geosciences through research, education, and the dissemination of scientific knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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professional association ⓘ scholarly organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | AAG ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
geography departments
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international geographical societies ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field | geography ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
GIScience
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cartography ⓘ environmental geography ⓘ human geography ⓘ physical geography ⓘ regional geography ⓘ |
| foundedBy | American geographers ⓘ |
| hasCurrentName |
American Association of Geographers
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linked to:
Association of American Geographers
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| hasFormerName | Association of American Geographers ⓘ |
| hasMember |
academic geographers
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geospatial professionals ⓘ professional geographers ⓘ students of geography ⓘ |
| hasSubOrganization |
AAG regional divisions
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AAG specialty groups ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
American Association of Geographers
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linked to:
Association of American Geographers
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| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| offers |
affinity groups
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professional development programs ⓘ research grants ⓘ scholarships ⓘ specialty groups ⓘ |
| organizes | AAG Annual Meeting ⓘ |
| promotes |
geographic literacy
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spatial thinking ⓘ use of geospatial technologies ⓘ |
| publishes |
AAG Review of Books
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African Geographical Review ⓘ Annals of the American Association of Geographers ⓘ GeoHumanities ⓘ The Professional Geographer ⓘ |
| purpose |
advancement of geographic research
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dissemination of geographic knowledge ⓘ promotion of geographic education ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| website | https://www.aag.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Association of American Geographers Description of subject: The Association of American Geographers is a major scholarly and professional organization dedicated to advancing geographic research, education, and knowledge, now known as the American Association of Geographers (AAG).
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Johns Hopkins University Department of Geography
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affiliation
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American Association of Geographers
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linked to: Association of American Geographers
linked to: Association of American Geographers
linked to: Association of American Geographers
Presidential Address of the Association of American Geographers
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organizedBy
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Association of American Geographers
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